Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Cheng Jiming frowned slightly, just now he just wanted to divert the topic, he didn't want to talk about Yuan Chonghuan's question, and he didn't think about this issue carefully, but now that Zhu Youzhen has asked, he can't answer if he wants to.

After the question turned sharply in his mind a few times, Cheng Jiming gave up his hand and said, "Your Majesty, you can send these hundreds of thousands of refugees to the surrounding political envoys in batches, so that they can be properly resettled in various places."

In fact, in terms of dealing with displaced people and refugees, the imperial court has already had a set of fixed procedures, that is, to allocate food for disaster relief, and then send the refugees back to their places of origin when the disaster has passed.

However, now the situation of these refugees is relatively special, the Jurchens are wreaking havoc in Liaodong, if they are sent back to their hometowns, it will undoubtedly let them go back to die, which is extremely detrimental to the reputation of the imperial court, so they can only be sent to various places in batches.

"So be it."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, he has no other good way to deal with this problem, and it is best to follow the previous method.

At this time, Zhou Yanru glanced at Zhu Youzhen, then turned his head to look at Cheng Jiming, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and then he got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is not okay."

"Zhou Aiqing, why can't this happen?"

Zhu Youzhen frowned, if this matter cannot be dealt with as soon as possible, there is not so much food on the Jingshi side to support these hundreds of thousands of refugees.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has been traveling around the country in the past few years, and now the taxes in various places are extremely heavy, and the people are competing for arable land, and there is no idle land at all, even if these people go to various places in batches, I am afraid that most of them will starve to death."

Zhou Yanru replied.

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Cheng Jiming's brows tightened, although Zhou Yanru's words were a bit exaggerated, but they were not unreasonable, but this was already the best way at the moment.

The hundreds of thousands of refugees are not all young and strong, among them there are only 30,000 or 40,000 young people, and there are 1230,000 old and weak women and children, even if they want to recruit these people into the army, it is not possible, which means that the imperial court recruits 30,000 or 40,000 people, but has to support more than 100,000 people, so they can only be distributed to various places and left to their own devices.

It's just that now that Zhou Yanru has proposed it, it is not okay for them to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, after all, they also want face, especially Zhu Youzhen.

"What does Aiqing think Zhou should do?"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youzhen asked.

Zhou Yanru arched his hand and said, "The minister thinks that these refugees should be sent to a place where there is enough food."

"Zhou Aiqing said that he would be sent to Huguang and Jiangnan?"

Zhu Youzhen frowned slightly, the grain in Huguang and Jiangnan is sufficient, but it is too far, according to the meaning of Chengji's life, it will be distributed to Shanxi and Henan, and sent to Huguang and Jiangnan, which will require a lot of consumption, after all, it is more than 100,000 people, not more than a dozen.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister meant to send it to Shandong."

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru said with a solemn expression: "In the past year, Shandong Puppet Qi has intercepted at least 1.5 million stone grains from Cao Grain, and these grains have at least fed an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 for Puppet Qi, and if it continues, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Instead of letting the puppet Qi grow, it is better to send these hundreds of thousands of refugees to Shandong and consume the food of the puppet Qi, so that the puppet Qi cannot recruit more troops."

Hearing Zhou Yanru's words, Zhu Youzhen's eyes flashed with a touch of heart, in the past few years, pseudo-Qi and Su Hao have become his nightmares, every time he wakes up from a nightmare, he dreams of Su Hao leading troops into the Beijing Division and beheading him with a sword.

"Zhou Yanru!"

At this time, Cheng Jiming's expression was gloomy, and he said angrily, "With the refugee as a blade, have you read all the sage books to the dog's belly?"

Although Zhou Yanru's strategy was very good, it was contrary to the sage principles he had learned for decades.

And He Rupet and Qian Xiangkun pondered it, Zhou Yanru is very feasible, once successful, then it can definitely consume a lot of food on Su Hao's side, after all, Su Hao's side has been operating the image of a virtuous monarch recently, if these hundreds of thousands of refugees are driven to Shandong, then Su Hao will definitely accept these refugees for the sake of his image of a virtuous monarch.

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Cheng Aiqing, why bother, Zhou Aiqing is just giving advice to the country."

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Let's not talk about this matter for the time being, let's discuss how to deal with Yuan Chonghuan."

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Cheng Ji's life and Zhou Yanru, He Ruzhong, Qian Xiangkun and others' faces changed, Cheng Ji's life was angry, and Zhou Yanru was joyful, and He Ruzhu's faces were different, Zhu Youzhen's statement was already very clear, that is, he was on Zhou Yanru's side.

After the anger, Cheng Jiming sighed lightly, he knew that he had fallen out of favor, and it was time for him to resign and go into hiding.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is such a big basket in Liaodong in this matter, how should we deal with Yuan Chonghuan?"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Youzhen asked again.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan deceived the monarch and humiliated the country, so he should be removed from his responsibilities and sent back to Beijing for trial."

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhou Yanru took a step forward and said, he has already felt Zhu Youzhen's thoughts quite well, and now Zhu Youzhen is obviously quite dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan.

"Your Majesty, Jiannu is full of cavalry, and he is as cunning as a fox, and the fault of this battle is really not on Yuan Jingluo."

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen seemed to really intend to cure Yuan Chonghuan's crimes, Cheng Jiming could only give up his hand and say, "Please forgive Yuan Jinglue's guilt."

"Let's discuss this matter after Yuan Chonghuan returns to Beijing."

Seeing Cheng Ji's intercession, Zhu Youzhen did not insist, although he was a little dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, but it was not to the extent that Yuan Chonghuan's crime must be cured.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youzhen asked again, "Who do you think Aiqing can replace Yuan Chonghuan through Liaodong?"

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's question, everyone was silent, Liaodong is already a big hole, whoever dares to bump into it will definitely fall with a blue nose and swollen face, even a capable person like Yuan Chonghuan can't bear it, who can bear it, even if it's just a recommendation, it may be implicated.

"Cheng Aiqing, who do you think can do it?"

Seeing that no one responded, Zhu Youzhen could only ask by name.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Sun Chengzong and Sun Shangshu can be qualified for this position, Sun Shangshu has been in Liaodong for many years and knows the situation in Liaodong well, so he should be able to expel Jiannu and recover Liaodong."

After being silent for a while, Cheng Ji gave his hand and said, although he had already intended to resign and go into hiding, but he didn't want the good situation in Liaodong to be wasted by some mediocrity, and now the only one in the court who has the ability to take charge of Liaodong is Sun Chengzong.

Hearing Cheng Ji's words, Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment before he spoke, "Xuansun Chengzong."

…

Two days later, Sun Chengzong took his family to Liaodong to take up his post.

………

At this time, outside the Acropolis of Haizhou, a siege battle had just ended, and a large number of Ming troops slowly retreated with various siege equipment.

Not far behind, Yuan Chonghuan, Guo Qin, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhao Shujiao and others looked at the Haizhou Acropolis, which was already slightly dilapidated, and they all felt heavy.

The news from the capital has already arrived, Sun Chengzong has taken office as Liaodong Economic Strategy, and Yuan Chonghuan is going to be escorted back to the capital for trial.

"You don't have to be like this, this matter is indeed Yuan's incompetence, and I really can't blame anyone."

Seeing the expressions of Guo Qin and the others, Yuan Chonghuan said calmly, although he had been prepared for this result for a long time, he was unwilling to withdraw his troops back to Guangningwei, which led to the wanton slaughter of Guangningwei by Huang Taiji, and the people fled into the pass, and his side had not taken the Haizhou Acropolis for a long time, so it was normal to be questioned.

"Jingluo, I really can't complain about you."

Zu Dashou was dissatisfied, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's laymen commanding the insiders, they had to attack before they were completely ready, why did they end up like this.

"Don't talk about that."

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head calmly, this was Zhu Youzhen's decision, not something he could change.

After a pause, Yuan Chonghuan continued: "Elder Sun is also an old man in Liaodong, everyone knows his ability, now that Elder Sun has taken up the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy, the Jurchens will not last long, and I hope you can work together to help Elder Sun."

He's here

More than half a year is not just beaten, he also arranged a large number of soldiers to build more than 20 castles from Jinzhou to Haizhou Acropolis 200 miles away, one every ten miles, plus the castle on the side of Guangningwei, logistics is no longer a problem.

Moreover, most of the people in Liaodong have fled back to Guannei, and Huang Taiji's killing tactics have not had much effect.

Coupled with his long-term attack on the Acropolis of Haizhou, the loss of the Jurchens is definitely not small, if he can be given a few more years, he can completely consume the Jurchens in Liaodong, but unfortunately Zhu Youzhen has no patience with him.

"We get it."

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, Zu Dashou and the others could only nod, after all, even if they were dissatisfied, it was useless, and they couldn't speak in the court.

…

After a few more days, Sun Chengzong came to Dongchang Fort under the escort of many Shanhaiguan masters.

………

On the other side, under the auspices of Zhou Yanru, more than 100,000 refugees were driven all the way from Beijing to Shandong.

Zichen Palace.

"You say that the Ming Dynasty drove a large number of Liaodong refugees into Deping County?"

Su Hao frowned, he naturally knew about the refugees in Liaodong, but he didn't expect that Da Ming would be so damaged, and he would not hesitate to damage his reputation to block him.

More than 100,000 refugees is not a small number, and it is not easy to resettle so many refugees, and more importantly, there is no longer so much land in Shandong to resettle so many refugees.

Even if a refugee does not pay taxes, he has to have four acres of land to support himself, and these hundreds of thousands of refugees will need millions of acres of land.

"How do you think these hundreds of thousands of refugees should be accommodated?"

Su Hao looked at Zhou Xian, Hou Yuangao, Liang Xue, and Hu Shangheng, now there are only four members of the cabinet, Zhou Xian, and he doesn't plan to expand too much of the cabinet.

"The minister thinks that these refugees can be resettled in Liaodong."

Zhou Xian arched his hand and said, "These refugees are originally from Liaodong, and the environment in Liaodong does not have much impact on them, and they are also familiar with the solar terms of Liaodong, so there will not be too many problems in farming."

"Then settle in Liaodong."

After pondering for a long time, Su Hao sighed, he was in charge of Da Ming before, but this time he was taken care of by Da Ming, although he can also drive these refugees back to Beizhili, but he is creating the image of a virtuous monarch recently, if he drives these refugees back, it will be very bad for his reputation.

However, the loss he has eaten is not small, and now it is almost September, and he has missed the autumn planting, which means that he has to feed these hundreds of thousands of refugees until next year's grain harvest, which is nearly a year, at least one million stone of grain will be consumed, which is not a small amount.

…

Not long after Zhou Xian and the four left, Liao Qing walked up with a piece of information.

"Your Majesty, good news came from Liaodong, Luo Du Governor broke Zhenjiang Fort, beheaded more than 1,000 slaves, captured more than 3,000 people, and the Jurchen inlaid blue flag Gushan Zhen Gu Santai."

"The Black Ice Observatory is in charge of interrogation and has him reveal all the information."

Su Hao waved his hand and said, for the Jurchen generals, he didn't have the idea of surrendering at all, not that he couldn't use it, but if he surrendered, he would feel very unhappy.

"Obey."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Liao Qing replied.

"By the way, has the caravan returned from North Korea?"

At this time, Su Hao suddenly remembered the maritime merchant fleet, since new warships were launched into the sea one after another, he transferred some sea ships to form a maritime merchant fleet, and he was sent to North Korea not long ago for trade.

"Back to Your Majesty, I've already returned."

Liao Qing replied, "In this trade, our people have stayed in Pyongyang and Seoul to open up trading houses."

"What is the attitude of the North Korean side towards us?"

Hearing this, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, this term of the king of North Korea is not a good thing, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be benevolent and righteous to North Korea, a few decades ago, Dongying invaded

North Korea, beating North Korea to the point of losing its armor and abandoning its armor, occupied almost the entire territory of North Korea, and even the then king of North Korea fled to Zhenjiang Fort.

It was the Ming Dynasty who sent out an army of more than 100,000 and spent countless money to defeat the Dongying people for the Koreans and recover the country, but after the rise of the Jurchens, the Ming Dynasty asked the DPRK to send troops to contain the Jurchens, and as a result, the Korean king of this year repeatedly delayed time.

It wasn't until the Ming sent people into Korea that the king of Joseon reluctantly sent thousands of people to mean it, and before leaving, he asked the Korean generals who led the troops not to clash with the Jurchens as much as possible.

"Back to Your Majesty, the attitude of the North Korean side to me is quite polite."

Liao Qing arched his hand and said, "It's just that the envoy who went to Seoul with the caravan didn't see the king of Joseon."

"The villains at both ends of the first rat."

Hearing this, Su Hao waved his hand and said, he didn't think much of North Korea, the Jurchens only sent 30,000 cavalry to suppress North Korea to bow their heads, if he wanted, with Luo Yi's 50,000 or 60,000 people, there would be no problem in hitting Seoul.

It's just that his main goal now is Liaodong, there is no need to open up the battlefield on the Korean side, if the two sides fight, the consumption of Daqi is too great, if the consumption is too great, and the Ming side tears up the agreement, then he will sit on wax.

(End of chapter)